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Title
A companion to the 'mirrors for princes' literature
Type
Text
Monograph
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Contribution
Perret, Noelle-Laetitia (Editor)
Péquignot, Stéphane (Editor)
Subject
Education of princes in literature (LCSH)
Ethics in literature (LCSH)
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism (LCSH)
Politics and literature (LCSH)
Language
English
Classification
LCC: PN56.5.K44 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 809/.933581 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23/eng/20220921)
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Summary
"Why devote a Companion to the "mirrors of princes", whose very existence is debated? These texts offer key insights into political thoughts of the past. Their ambiguous, problematic status further enhances their interest. And although recent research has fundamentally challenged established views of these texts, until now there has been no critical introduction to the genre. This volume therefore fills this important gap, while promoting a global historical perspective of different "mirrors of princes" traditions from antiquity to humanism, via Byzantium, Persia, Islam, and the medieval West. This Companion also proposes new avenues of reflection on the anchoring of these texts in their historical realities. Contributors are Makram Abbès, Denise Aigle, Olivier Biaggini, Hugo Bizzarri, Charles F. Briggs, Sylvène Edouard, Jean-Philippe Genet, John R. Lenz, Louise Marlow, Cary J. Nederman, Corinne Peneau, Stéphane Péquignot, Noëlle-Laetitia Perret, Günter Prinzing, Volker Reinhardt, Hans-Joachim Schmidt, Tom Stevenson, Karl Ubl, and Steven J. Williams"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
Ideal models and anti-models of kingship in ancient Greek literature : mirror of princes from Homer to Marcus Aurelius / John R. Lenz
Greek and Roman writers on the virtues of good rulers : praise, instruction, and constraint / Tom Stevenson
Carolingian mirrors for princes : texts, contents, impact / Karl Ubl
Byzantine mirrors for princes : an overview / Günter Prinzing
The conception of power in Islam : Persian mirrors of princes and Sunni theories (11th-14th Centuries) / Denise Aigle
Western medieval specula, c. 1150-C. 1450 / Charles F. Briggs and Cary J. Nederman
Refutation, parody, annihilation : the end of the mirror for princes in Machiavelli, Vettori and Guicciardini / Volker Reinhardt
Specula principum and the wise governor in the Renaissance / Sylvène Édouard
The influence of Aristotle's thought on Arab political-philosophical ideas / Makram Abbès
The Arabic mirrors for princes as witnesses to the evolution of political thought / Makram Abbès
Royal power and its regulations : narratives of Hrn al-Rashd in three mirrors for princes / Louise Marlow
The pseudo-Aristotelian secret of secrets as a Mirror of princes : a cautionary tale / Steven J. Williams
The Castilian versions of the pseudo-aristotle's secretum secretorum and French versions of Giles of Rome's De regimine principum (13th-16th centuries) : a comparative perspective / Hugo Bizzarri and Noëlle-Laetitia Perret
The relation between wisdom literature, law, and the mirrors of princes : Castile and Sweden / Olivier Biaggini and Corinne Péneau
The use of mirrors of princes / Hans-Joachim Schmidt
Conclusion : mirrors for princes and the development of reflections on the state / Jean-Philippe Genet.
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Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: prepublication
Identified By: bf:Local, 22799274
Change Date: 2022-09-22T07:51:34
Creation Date: 2022-08-14
Description Language: English
Description Authentication: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Assigner: United States, Library of Congress